FLPensFan wrote:Paul Martin to Nashville for the negotiating rights to Ryan Suter. Clears 5 mil off the books, lets Pens go up to 5-6mil for Suter, and still have room for Parise since we cleared 4 mil a year off the books from Michalek. Pens defense:

LetangSuterOrpikNiskanenDepresEngellandBortuzzo

That is a damn solid top 4, and the bottom 3 is not horrible.

Having niskanen in the projected top 4 and calling them solid is pretty ridiculous. that looks like a team with a solid top pair (tang-suter) and nothing behind them.

FLPensFan wrote:Paul Martin to Nashville for the negotiating rights to Ryan Suter. Clears 5 mil off the books, lets Pens go up to 5-6mil for Suter, and still have room for Parise since we cleared 4 mil a year off the books from Michalek. Pens defense:

LetangSuterOrpikNiskanenDepresEngellandBortuzzo

That is a damn solid top 4, and the bottom 3 is not horrible.

I think Shero holds onto Martin to see what happens July 2nd. If he gets what he wants and needs to clear space, he can dump Martin. If he doesn't, he can package Martin with a prospect and Kennedy and shore up the Defense.

PensOnDVD wrote:If that $14 mil in cap room is accurate they can sign Parise and pretty much cover the slight increases in Sid and Malkin's next contract.

Now if Shero can get someone to take Martin? He has pictures of NHL GMs and sheep.

I will keep singing my wish.....trade Paul Martin to Nashville for the negotiating rights to Suter. If Suter is demanding to test the market (ie, not going to resign with Nashville before July 1st), give them Martin as compensation and hope Suter sees how awesome the Pens are and will sign here. It's not like Martin is a scrub. It's not like we'd be offering Ben Lovejoy here. Martin is a decent defenseman who had a bad year, and is a bit overpaid. Better to get some asset for Suter than lose him outright. Nashville has tons of cap space to do it. Hell, if I knew for certain that Suter would definitely sign, I'd throw in a 3rd or 4th round pick if needed to complete the trade.

Seems very doubtful that on the open market Suter somehow does not get offers at or above $6.5 per. Karlsson was an RFA, so there is a difference there. But even that aside, Suter @ $5M will never happen as some seem to be thinking. He was reported as wanting $7 per during this past season. Wanting and getting are two different things, but, I think I'd prefer Suter to Weber and he got $7+ from the arbitrator.